“CREATED BY AUDIOPHILES WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY PASSION FOR HIGH-FIDELITY” Car Audio Magazine
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This ELS-1000.2 Series Amplifier is the result of extraordinary passion for High-Fidelity. This is the exact amplifier used in our world renowned $299,000 ESL world reference esoteric audio system. Built using only the finest techniques and materials available today. Critical MASS amplifiers are manufactured and tested to meet the highest component quality and control standards. Engineered to provide decades of musical enjoyment. "Critical MASS is a Car Audio company whose Super-Fi electronics have made innovation history in the world of high-end mobile sound" CA&E . Critical Mass was formed from the World’s First Car Audio and Enhancement school by one of Car Audio's first innovators and most influential people in our industry who started the world's first Car Audio and enhancement school back in the late 1980s “CMA”, from this school Critical MASS was started in Orlando, FL, in 1990. Till this day parts of the technical principles and teachings of CMA are used industry wide in Mobile Electronics teachings and books by associations such as MERA and CEA. Over the past decades Critical MASS has continued to innovate and now leading the way with the Critical MASS $259,000 CES-5.1 one of a kind Esoteric ESL sound system. Not only does Critical MASS make the Best and most expensive car audio system in the world, but this system (which integrates this Esoteric ESL Series amplifier) is so good, that when Car Audio Magazine tested the least expensive part of our $259,000 ESL system “the UL12” called it " Perfect ", and "the BEST " and added that it was so good that he would sell a few things, to own one because it's worth every dollar! In addition the Critical MASS UL12 was rated #1 over all others by Car Audio Magazine, including companies such as JL Audio, Image Dynamics, Alpine, Xtant, Kicker, Arc Audio, MB Quart, Digital Designs, Cerwin-Vega, Orion, Phoenix Gold Earthquake etc… In other words Imagine how good the rest of the system must sound if the least expensive part of it is the world's BEST? You will not have to imagine much longer as the ESL-1000.2 series amplifier you just purchased uses many of the same Critical MASS quality components as the amplifier used in our $259,000 electrostat system.
Features:
Only Audiophile grade components with Audiophile tolerances for pure exact audio reproduction at all volume levels throughout the entire bandwidth.
Frequency response 5Hz - 50Khz
JAPAN made nichicon/rubycon capacitors and components
High bandwidth amplifier section
Protection and Power on indicator LED
Audiophile grade input with 9V - 0.1V Gain volume Min - Max
Protection circuit for thermal, overload, over voltage, DC reverse, - DV offset
18 db/oct variable Hi-pass available on all channels
18 db/oct variable Lo-pass available on all channels
12 db/oct variable BAND-PASS
Full range available on all channels
True Audiophile design for full range drivers and subwoofers alike
High Efficiency Audiophile design
Optional ( ELS BASS KNOB ) for remote Bass boost when used as a subwoofer amplifier only
Specifications:
All specifications at 14.6V
Power at 0.75 ohm Stereo 500w x 2CH
Power at 1 ohm Stereo 400w x 2CH
(use 1 x Critical MASS 1ohm series Components per channel or 2 x Critical Mass 2 ohm Components or 4 x 4 ohm traditional speakers or components per channel to achieve 400w RMS per Channel)
Power at 1.5 Ω Mono (Bridged) 1000w x 1 CH
(use 3 x UL-SL12 DVC Subwoofes for 1.5 ohms )
to power the UL12 (Use one ELS-1000.2 bridged per Voice Coil on the UL12 TO MEET THE RECOMENDED 2000w-2500watts min RMS for the UL12 )
Power at 2 Ω Stereo 200w x 2 CH (use 1 x Critical MASS 2ohm series Components or 2 x 4 ohm traditional speakers or components per channel to achieve 200w RMS / Channel)
Power at 4 ohms 100w x 2 CH
High pass variable crossover
(15Hz~3KHz at 18 db/oct - all channels
Low pass variable crossover
(15Hz~3KHz at 18 db/oct - all channels
T.H.D. at 4 ohm rated 0.001%
Input sensitivity 100mV~9V
Input impedance 120K Ω
Damping factor >800
S/N Ratio >118db
Channel separation >115dB 1khz